THE TECHNOLOGIST. [April 1, 1864. 



423 WOODS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



2. Calamansanay, Gimbernalia catamansanay (Combretac.). — A tree 

 of 20 or 30 metres in height, and - 8 to lm. in diameter at the trunk, 

 Wood reddish, strong texture, compressed fibres, shavings rather fine, 

 smooth, somewhat twisted. Abounds in Calaban and Angat, splits in 

 long splinters ; — used for sheathing — planking, ceiling — and construc- 

 tions. 



3. Calantas, or Cedro, the well-known Cedrela odorata, a variety- 

 much resembling it is called tara-tara. 



4. Calumbit — Terminalia edidis — (Combretac), a tree of second order 

 wool of a cloudy yellow, spotted with ash colour parts, texture weak, 

 fibre longitudinal, somewhat glassy. Abounds in Angat ; splits in long 

 splinters ; the shaving is rough and twisted, or smooth ; used for build- 

 ings, and particularly for those pieces that have to resist by the strain 

 of the fibre. 



5. Camagon, a variety of Diospyros pihsanthera (Alintatao). This 

 precious wood, yellow-red with great veins or spots of black, is much. 

 employed for fine cabinet work ; texture solid, fibres longitudinal and 

 compressed ; pores large, long and narrow ; polished with facility ; splits 

 nearly from the trunk, and shaving somewhat rough, compact, and not 

 at all twisted or contorted. 



6. Camayuan (Diospyros), a tree of 15 to 20 metres in height, abun- 

 dant in the provinces of Bataan and Mindore ; wood violet red — mul- 

 berry colour ; texture strong and soft, fibres longitudinal and com- 

 pressed, pores hardly visible. Splits nearly from the trunk, shavings 

 fine, smooth, and a little twisted ; employed in constructions. 



7. Dongon, variety of Stercidia ambiformis (Malvac). This tree arrives 

 to first rank, wood red violet, texture solid, fibres compressed and crossed, 

 smells like tanned leather, pores scarcely any, splits from the trunk, and 

 inlong fibres. Abounds in Misamis, Leyte, Bataan, Eueva, Ecija, and 

 other provinces ; shaving smooth, rough, and somewhat twisted ; used 

 for building. 



8. Ebano, variety of Japoti negro — Diospyros nigra — (Ebenac), small 

 tree abounding in Angat, la Pampanga, and Cavite. "Wood black, some- 

 what spotted with yellow and white, takes readily a fine polish, texture 

 solid and fine, splits from the trunk, shaving fine, twisted, and smooth ; 

 specially used for fine cabinet work. 



9. Guuo — Dipterocarpus quiso — (Guttif.). Atree of second rank, wood 

 of wars' fibre, strong reddish colour, much esteemed in civil and naval 

 construction for futtock-timbers, keels, masts. The Manga-chapxty is 

 another specimen of Dipterocarpus used with this. The wood is 

 also used by wheelwrights, abounds in the mountains of San Mateo, 

 Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Mindora, Cavite, and Bataan, splits in large 

 splinters, shavings rough and twisted. 



10. Laneti — Ansera luneti (Apocina.) — A tree of middle height, wood 

 white, texture soft and compact, pores imperceptible, much esteemed 

 for furniture and other uses where elasticity is required ; frequently 



